I have not yet begun to get Chotinered.

CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called? ME: Slay the Spire. CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer? ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours. CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them? ME: Now hold on a second,

Sorry my predict the gunman’s political ideology detector is in the shop

"More than a million people had canceled Disney streaming subscriptions as of Monday, the Disney source told me, and the company likely knew that trend would only continue the longer they kept Kimmel silenced." @marisakabas.bsky.social w/ a doozy. 👀

The ironically joyous depiction works in a way a lot of other anti-authoritarian ridicule doesn't, particularly as Trump himself is so joyless.

Not my calling or anything but getting more housing online means something to me giving the supply shortage around here (and nationally). And while I can’t do flooring full time I have gotten okay at it!

I have finished The Power Broker AMA

lmao. see, people hate on "defund the police" because both political parties dragged it, but they still support what it actually means

I know I've been spoiled by work from home policies, but doing carpentry / handyman work near my house then being able to come back to cook lunch for myself is such a treat.

dude has an arsenal but doesn't know how to air down his tires, wtf man www.capegazette.com/node/296509?...

Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'

One of my favorite fun facts is why the TMNT are named after artists (it’s because the type of turtle they are is a “painted turtle”). I told my nephew about this and he immediately replied that there should be a Bob Ross turtle. So rather than explain the renaissance movement to him, I-

Parents: What is / was your philosophy and approach when a toddler is demanding a specific type of junk food rather than eating the lovingly crafted dinner you've made them? (Talking about the 20 - 24 month range.)

Comedy is legal again (again)

Great seeing a Democratic official playing hardball like this. Giving into right wing censorship demands has to have consequences.

Note to self: need to do a better job accounting for setup and breakdown time for jobs in addition to dialing in my packout.

The S-tier state flags with boring seals continue to drop.

The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel has been swift, and severe. The whole episode underscores something I've been blogging about for a while: A lot of powerful people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...

Have gotten a few requests for furniture fixes and have to be real with folks: it’s usually cheaper to replace with something new than to pay someone to try to bespoke replace a component. On top of that the quality of flat shipped furniture has gotten so much better in the past decade.

Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President.

Technologically advance a band: Telepathic Heads

One stark marker of how much our society has devolved in just a few years is Bob Iger personally got on a call to convince us to let Disney/HULU make the 1619 Project. That America no longer exists.

What a delightful rougelite deck-building, city-building game. Needs some polishing and balancing but the potential for depth is great and hard to argue with the $5 price. store.steampowered.com/app/2198070/...

It’s like the remembrances at NFL games getting booed. Non-politicized mass audiences don’t want this generally or specifically.

the thing about authoritarianism is that most people don't like it

"There's always money in the pita pocket stand."

Our society is ruled by little bubble boys many of whom are ignorant of their own ideological biases.

If these resolutions are meaningless just write your own, have your caucus vote on it in a meeting and say “We already voted to condemn political violence, we don’t need a Republican resolution heaping partisan praise on a guy who spread so much hate.” www.axios.com/2025/09/18/c...

that was way funnier than i thought it was gonna be

Silver’s Law: the more time you spend accusing other people of being irrational bubble boys the less aware you are of your own ideological biases.

Key passages about Robert Moses’s fall in The Power Broker: The younger investigative journalists at different publications start collaborating with each other behind the scenes to get the editors and publishers to compete with each other over scoops instead of constantly burying their stories.

Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

Quoting Leviticus at Ms. Rachel then making fun of Pride Month is obviously a virulently anti-gay message. Kirk is favorably talking about Old Testament punishments for gay people even as he’s doing so to troll someone.

The brain tricks us constantly. It mistakes scrolling and "seeking information" for DOING THINGS. That is not doing. You have to act.

ICE assaulting a congressional candidate just like feds have assaulted other elected officials.

Substantively good. My major note on Hill communication is that Democrats need to repeatedly emphasize when Democrats are doing something despite Republican opposition instead of using neutral “The X committee” formulations.

I can’t say I’m surprised, but I am certainly appalled. This is a dark day for public health. I believe it is most appropriate to refer to this committee as RFKJ’s ACIP. He handpicked all these members to get the result that he wanted.

Even when you’re not directly influenced by propaganda, it influences what you perceive as public opinion; and this is 1,000x worse for elected officials.

That’s not very Catholic social teaching of them.

Nothing chuckles without labor.

When someone says one thing to gain power and then a contradictory thing when exercising that power, the most useful lens for understanding it is power, not hypocrisy.

I have no Disney+ to cancel because every time I was tempted to sign up they tried to upsell me on limited or no ad experiences and I got Old Man mad at companies trying to shove ads in your face after you’ve already paid them money for content.

Due credit: criticizes bad actors and the Republican Party by name and follows up with specific threats about investigations. That latter part is important for companies to see the consequences of only letting one side work them.

I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.

it’s very funny to make a distinction between cancel culture and what this is, which is clear government supression of speech. cancel culture isn’t anti first amendment, but this specifically is! which is worse!

By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.